Biology:Gemmula machapoorensis

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Gemmula machapoorensis
Gemmula machapoorensis (Maury, 1925).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Gemmula
Species:
G. machapoorensis
Binomial name
Gemmula machapoorensis
Maury 1925
Synonyms
  • Drillia vaningeni machapoorensis Maury 1925
  • Hemipleurotoma bitropis Gardner 1938
  • Turris brassoensis Mansfield 1925

Gemmula machapoorensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 19 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene strata of Panama, Trinidad and Tobago and Florida, USA.

References

  • W. C. Mansfield. 1925. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods from Trinidad, British West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 66(22):9116-9125
  • A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions.

Wikidata ☰ Q115794041 entry